Some B.C. medical health officials are now advocating for marijuana to be legalized, arguing that the government's costly enforcement activities are making little difference.
Canada has reached a critical time in its misguided War on Weed. Despite investing countless billions across North America in areas such as law enforcement, prison expansion and border controls, marijuana prohibition has been a costly failure.
Canada's medical marijuana licensing system is vulnerable to abuse and needs to be tightened up, says the health minister after data emerged this week revealing a surge in possibly fraudulent applications.
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Adam Greenblatt, executive director of the Medical Cannabis Access Society in Montreal, says the coercion underpinning Health Canada’s "improvements" to medical marijuana laws undermines their potential for success.
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From capsules to brownies to oils and even tea, medical marijuana comes in many forms for patients with low tolerance for, or health concerns about, smoke